Category Archives: Portrait

It’s that time of year again when I get a few phone calls and emails about family portraits. Sometimes people aren’t sure whether I still do family photos anymore, but yes indeedy we do, and we love them!

This is the perfect time to get a little portrait taken of you and your loved ones – just in time for the new year!

To inspire you a little bit, below are some shots we took of a sweet family during our trip to Brazil earlier this year. These were taken on our very first workshop.. so many good memories from that trip… and such a gorgeous family… ahhhhh….

huge hugs and many memories… and a super happy Christmas break to you and your family!

It has been ages since I did a bumper family portrait post. So I am excited to share this lovely little family with you!

While I make and direct lots of films now, I am thrilled to say that we still take family portraits! We don’t have as much time as we used to for this but we do love to photograph families enjoying each other. I especially love and feel super duper honored when a photographer asks us to photograph their family. Really there’s nothing more flattering!

I ended up doing this shoot twice… Mostly because I LOVED to hang out with them! (Also because sometimes I get crazy ideas that work out great and sometimes I get crazy ideas that don’t really work!) Remind me to tell you about the time I put a family of four in a very small boat!

Also just a little note, we are taking bookings for the week of the 20th January 2014 for Melbourne. We will be in town and can do family portraits, small video projects and even some mentoring! If you are interested send us an email!

Laos is beautiful, and this family I spent the morning with were just so gorgeous! The love between them and the delightful shy kids made my heart swell. Dad works away from the village to earn more money. He is only back every few months. What an amazing woman! I wanted to stay all day.

The film below is nearly 5 minutes long. It is a little slower than how I normally edit. This is because Keo is telling her own story. Please take the time to listen to her story even if just to see how important Aid work is for families like hers. You may not be able to give but maybe you can spread the word to others – both are just as important.

In much the same way as it’s our responsibility to build and lead sustainable lives for our own families, we need to support families in third world nations to be able to do the same. I love what TEAR does and their commitment to support families to be able to live sustainably. It ensures that when they have to leave and help another village, the people will have all they need to keep going well. Having now seen their work in three continents, I just find myself more and more amazed and grateful to work with them.

We love it when clients come to us hoping to do something different with their pictures, and more importantly, have a bit of fun!

Peh and Louise were that couple. They travelled to Brisbane especially to spend some time with us. We made up a huge glittery heart especially for the occasion! They are a gorgeous couple and it was a gorgeous day. Here’s a little sample of some of the fun we had.

If you’re thinking of doing something different and fun with a photo session, why not get in touch. I’m sure we have a brilliant idea that just needs the right person to try it out on!

It seems like a dream now. I went to Laos in March this year with TEAR Australia. It was an amazing trip. You can see some earlier photos I posted here. How quickly this year has powered on.

The scenery was beautiful but to me these trips are about the people. Actually everywhere I go I think it is about the people…hahah!

Each country I visit has a different way to deal with me taking photos of them. In India I found everyone wanted photos taken… they loved the camera. In Africa in the remote villages we visited I scared the babies with my pale face and the big kids cautiously tailed me desperate to see the images of themselves but not wanting to get to close to this ghostly woman.

In Laos the people I met were a little shy but so welcoming and warm, as I signed to them that I would like to take their picture I occasionally got a friendly shaking of the head… no… not keen to be in the spotlight of my camera.

Then each person who agreed to a photo, cautious at first, quickly moved to warmth and laughter as I tried to communicate with my two words in their language.

Here are a few images of the people I met.

The grandma who had eyes that sparkled.

The man in charge of the rice bank who even though we could only communicate through hand gestures and small skits humored me and let me take his photo over and over…

The woman who had learned to read as an adult thanks to the program run by the TEAR partners.

And the old woman who laughed so hard as I got closer and closer with my camera.